Combined mail-box and milk-bottle holder.



J. L. BRYFOGLE & l. B. MESTER. lCOMBINED MAIL BOX AND'NIILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATIGN FILED MN.26| |917.

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l COMBINED MAIL BOX AND MILK BOTTLE HLDER.

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-Applicaton led January 26, 1917. Serial No. 144,699.

To all 'whom t may concern."

Be it known that we, JOHN Lnorn BRY- `:roeien and JEREMIAH B. Kns'rmz, citizens of the -United States, residin at llescopeck,

h Mainville, respectively, in t e county of lluzerne, Columbia, respectively, and Statel of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, respectively, have invented new and useful llmprovements in Combined Mail-Boxes and Milklo Bottle Holders, of which the following is a specification.. i

. 'lhe present invention relates to a combined mail box and milk bottle holder.

ln carrying out our invention we propose lb to produce an extremely simple, cheap and novel construction wherein mail may be readily delivered into a compartment and eectively protected against s urreptitious removal therefrom, and also whereby bottles 20 containing milk or whereby other articles may be safely deposited by authorized persons and retained until removed by the owner of the device. i

comprising a box having an open face; to hingedly secure to the bottom of the said case, a member designed to close the opening w en moved to one position, said memd ber be ng formed with a compartment to receive mail matter and having arrangedto the rear of the ysaid compartment a partition member adapted to provide separate compartments for milk bottles or for other merchandise. y e

- lt is a still further object of the invention to produce a device comprising a boxlike structure having an open face; to provide a closure for the said open face in the 4@ nature ofa hinged plate, said plate having side flanges and a base connecting the said Hanges with the plate, a transverse partithe base forming the rear of the closure with separate compartment for .milk bottles or other merchandise, means beingpro- /vided for limiting the outwardswinging of the closure and the compartments formed therewith and means being also provided for locking the closure to the box when the same is moved in closing position with respect to the box.

. lt is a still further object of the invention to produce a device of this character which will embody the desirable features of simplicity in construction, cheapnessto 'manufacture and thorough eciency in operation..

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specication and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, v

Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse seclfd , tional view through the same,

Fig! 3 is a horizontal sectional view api proxnnately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, y llt is a still further object of the invenda tion to produce a device of this character Fig. 4 is` a sectional view substantially similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the face or closure plate of the box in its open position and also illustrating the mail-elevating member in its upper position as when mail-matter is to be removed from the compartment therefor, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the face orI closure plate and the compartments carried thereby.

lin the drawings, like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the several views. l i

ln the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the box proper, the same being preferably, but not necessarily, of a substantially rectangular formation, having an openfface and its top inclined from its back to its said face and projecting for a suitable distance over its face, as indicated by the numeral 2. The sides of the box atf the openy face thereof are connected by a transverse strip 3 which is also secured to the top of the box or receptacle. 'lhe numeral l designates the front plate or closure for the box l, the same being hingedly connected, as at 2', to the bottom of the box, and the plate adjacent the top thereof being provided with asuitable lock 5, the bolt of which being adapted to engage with the referred to strip 3 at the top of the box, whereby to retain the closure plate inlocked condition. The

plate 4,bew the 160k, is provided with a substantially rectangular opening, and the numeral 6 designates a hinged plate that 1s adapted to be swung over the plate 4 to' close the referred to opening, the said opening serving `as a means whereby the mall l matter may be inserted to within a suitable i anges 7 and which is adapted to contact a right an with suitable inturned lugs 9 lprovided upon the-sides of the box to limit the outward swinging of the plate 4l and to retain the said plate at a desired angle with respect to the box.-

The numeralv 10 designates a transverse partition plate vthat is connected with .the anges 7 and also with the base 8, and the said partition provides' a compartment 11 directly to the rear of the plate 4, and communicating with this compartment is the referred to rectangular opening, designated for 'distinction by the numeral 12. The compartment 11 is adapted to receive the mail-matter, and'in order to facilitate the removal of the said matter from the compartment I have arranged therein a lift or elevating device. This device comprises a scoop 13 preferably constructed of a strip -of metal or other suitable material and rounded upon itself to provide an outer concaved face, the said scoop being of a size to be snugly received in the compartment 11 and centrally' formed with the scoop at the 'rear edge thereof isa Hat handle 14, the

outer end of the said handle being bent upon itself or otherwise formed with a finger piece 15, and this nger piece is adapted. to

engage with the upper edge of the partition' 10 to retain the fiat handle against said partition, and to also provide means whereby the scoop may be readily elevated.

Centrally secured to the partition 10 is larly arranged plate or partition 16 wh1ch is also secured to the base 8 of the front of the construction, and this plate 16, being disposed centrally between the anges 7, provides the device with two spaced compartments 17 and 18, and one or both of these compartments may be employed for receiving milk bottles or one of the compartments may be utilized for this purpose and the other compartment may receive other merchandise.

It is to be understood :that both the merchant delivering the milk or other merchandise to the rear compartments of the device -is provided with keys for operating the -bolt thereof will automatically engage with the keeper strip 3 when the plate 4 is swung against the .outer face of the box 1.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages, thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is:

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, a box-like compartment having an open face and an inclined top projecting beyond the open face, a closure plate hingedly secured to the lower edge of the box at the open face thereof, said plate having a slot, a hinged plate closing the slot, a base upon the said plate extending inwardly therefrom, side flanges upon the plate, a transverse partition connected with the base and with the side ianges disposed to the rear of the slot in the plate, a longitudinal partition upon the base and to the rear of the first mentioned partition, and means for locking thel closure plate tothe box.

2. In a device of the class described, a box-like member 'having an open face, a plate hinged to the bottom of the box 'and adapted to close the face thereof, and means for locking the plate to the box, said Iplate having a slot, a hinged closure for the slot, anges upon the plate adjacent to the side edges thereof, a base member arranged angularly of the plate and connected with the side flanges, studs upon the sides of the box in the path of swinging movement of the base designed to retain the latter at an angle with respect to the box when the hinged plate is swung outwardly of the box, a transverse partition connected with the flangesI disposed to the rear of the opening in the closure plate, a centrally arranged plate upon the base to the rear of the partition and connected with the said partition, an elevating member between the transverse partition and the closure plate, and a handle for said member projecting above the partition plate. y

3. 'The combination with a box-like structure havin -an open face, a closure plate hinged to t e bottom of the said structure and designed to close the open face thereof; and means for lockinv the said closure plate to the structure, longitudinal and transverse partitions carried by the closure plate and arranged upon the inner face thereof, a base member for the compartments provided by the said partitions, means upon the hoxpartition, a handle tor the scoop having its like structure to co-engage with the referred end bent to provide a Enger piece and which to base to retain the 'closure plate and comis designed to normally rest upon the outer partments at an inclination with respect to edge of the rear wall of the referred to 5 the box-like structure-When the closure plate compartment. t5I

is swung to its open position, said closure lln testimony whereof We a our signaplatel having an opening communicating tures. with the compartment arranged adjacent thereto, a hinged member for closing the JUHN LLUYD JBRYFUGLE.

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10 said opening, a scoop within the referred to JEREMIAH 

